Re: [PATCH RFC 54/77] ntb: Ensure number of MSIs on SNB is enough for the link interrupt

Jon Mason
2013-10-03T00:48:05Z

On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:49:10PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> index de2062c..eccd5e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static int ntb_setup_msix(struct ntb_device *ndev)
> /* On SNB, the link interrupt is always tied to 4th vector. If
> * we can't get all 4, then we can't use MSI-X.
> */
> - if (ndev->hw_type != BWD_HW) {
> + if ((rc < SNB_MSIX_CNT) && (ndev->hw_type != BWD_HW)) {

Nack, this check is unnecessary.

Also, no comment in the commit on why it could be necessary.

> rc = -EIO;
> goto err1;
> }
> --
> 1.7.7.6
>

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